Aiken Sees Compromise Medicare Bill Ahead
U S Senator George D Aiken predicts a bipartisan compromise plan to extend Medicare to aged persons not under Social Security will pass Senate but face rough ride in the House. He notes possible amendments and a private insurance option may be added as Republicans seek broader support. The administration has moved to meet objections to its bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
U.S
George D. Aiken
Vermont
King Anderson
Aiken
Funeral set for George N Dale labor advisor to ANPA
George N. Dale 64 died in Los Angeles after a heart attack. He formerly practiced law in Island Pond and served as Essex County states attorney. For 20 years he chaired the ANPA standing committee on labor relations. His father Porter H Dale was Vermont's U S Senator from 1923 to 1933.
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Island Pond
George N. Dale
Chicago
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Vermont
Los Angeles
Dale
Essex County
Porter H. Dale
U.S
Bids Planned for $125,000 Fallout Shelter Reinforcement
St Albans Air Force Station will advertise bids later this month for a $125,000 project to reinforce a concrete fallout shelter. The work aims to strengthen protection facilities at the base.
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ST. Albans
St. Albans Air Force Station
Burlington Police Weigh Moonlighting Policy After Scandals
Burlington officials pause a final decision on outside jobs for the 50 man police force. Chief Arthur Carron says the commission awaits a final recommendation from the International Association of Chiefs of Police after a department study prompted by scandals. Aldermen approved substantial pay raises and the Finance Board urged ending outside jobs.
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Burlington
Arthur Carron
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Finance Board
Veteran Morse seeks eighth Senate term in Vermont
Sen. George Morse, a 69 year old veteran Vermont legislator and advocate for agricultural interests, announced Friday his bid for an eighth consecutive Senate term in the Republican primaries. Morse previously served two House terms before his 1948 Senate election.
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Danville
George Morse
Caledonia
Vermont
Senate
Morse
House
New Hampshire Firm Wins Vermont Road Work Bids
L. M. Pike and Sons Inc. of Tilton led with a $132,869 bid for over 10 miles of resurfacing on Routes 100 and 108 in the Stowe Waterbury area. The company also bid $34,396 to resurface two miles on Route 11 in Manchester. Frank Whitcomb of Bellows Falls bid $24,716 for 1.5 miles on Route 5 Brattleboro Dummerston segment.
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Montpelier
New Hampshire
Vermont
L. M. Pike and Sons Inc
Tilton
Stowe-Waterbury
Pike and Sons
Manchester
Frank Whitcomb
Bellows Falls
Brattleboro-Dummerston
Local man saves child as runaway car rolls from lot
William Coderre of St. Johnsbury narrowly prevents a fatal crash when a car began rolling with an infant inside after its emergency brakes released. He sustained minor injuries chasing the vehicle and guiding it away from a busy street, then was treated at a local clinic.
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ST. Johnsbury
William Coderre
Coderte
Prayer ban sparks call for spiritual awakening in New York
Dr Carlyle Adams told a Rensselaerville Presbyterian Church congregation that the Supreme Court ruling banning prayers in public schools could trigger a religious revival. He called the decision a potential disguised blessing and a judgment on those who claim a right to pray without exercising it.
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Rensselaerville
U.S. Supreme Court
Carlyle Adams
Rensselaerville Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court
Watervliet Arsenal to shut for summer vacation period
About 2,300 employees take a two week vacation from July 2 to July 15 for the annual summer shutdown. The remaining 900 workers perform maintenance administration and high priority weapons development tasks.
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Watervliet
Watervliet Arsenal
Delmar Girl Dies Mysteriously in Troy
Miss Mary Doyle aged 20 of Delmar died after a choking attack in an unoccupied Troy house. Coroner Raymond Miller ordered autopsy and organ analysis. Dederick Snyder of Latham, 27, said he tried two methods of respiration and sought help after she fell ill.
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Troy
Mary Doyle
Delmar
Raymond
Miller
Rensselaer County
Miss Doyle
Samaritan Hospital
Troy House
Dederick Snyder
Latham Snyder
Berkshire campaign opens Pittsfield HQ for Curtis Senate bid
Williamstown campaign manager George W. Schryver said headquarters will open at 397 North St. Pittsfield as U S Rep Laurence Curtis camps toward the Senate race. Curtis is due in the Berkshires later this week. In Adams residents on Woods Drive and Tower Avenue were urged to raise washout and drainage funds in the annual town warrant to fund repairs.
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Williamstown
George W. Schryver
Berkshire
U.S
Laurence Curtis
GOP
U.S. Senate
North St
Pittsfield
Curtis
Berkshires
Adams
Planning Board
Woods Drive
Tower Avenue
Vacationers Jam Routes 2 and 7 Heading North
Williamstown sees heavy weekend traffic as the first vacationing delegation crowded Routes 2 and 7 while visitors head north.
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Williamstown
Harris Boy Receives Six Stitches After Pownal Fall
Gary Harris age 12 of 145 North Hoosac Road was taken to North Adams hospital Sunday after suffering a leg cut in a fall at Pownal Vermont. Six stitches were required to close the wound.
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Williamstown
Gary Harris
Richard Harris
North Hoosac Road
North Adams Hospital
Pownal
Hi Fi Expert Sees Market Stabilizing After Down Cycle
Dr. Charles P. Boner of the Acoustical Society of America says stereo should not replace monophonic systems and one good speaker may beat two cheaper ones. He notes a market lull due to cheap equipment and overpromotion but predicts stabilization and growth with solid manufacturers and fair pricing.
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Charles P. Boner
The
Acoustical Society of America
Boner
Austin
Tex
Office of Research and Development
Defense Research Laboratory
Bennington Banner Publishing Details and Rates
The Bennington Banner lists its publishing office at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont and notes AP content rights. Home delivery and mail subscription rates are shown for Vermont Rensselaer and Washington Counties New York and northwestern Massachusetts with various monthly and yearly prices.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Rensselaer and
Washington Counties
N.Y
Massachusetts
Vermont marks 100th Half-Way House rehab milestone
Edward, a 58 year old former patient, returned to work as Vermont celebrates the 100th success of the Half-Way House program. The Montpelier and Burlington facilities help bridge hospital care and reentry, with about 12 residents per house for four to six months. The program, partly funded by the federal government, emphasizes vocational training, with aging patients paying for living costs while seeking stable employment.
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Montpelier
Edward
Vermont
Waterbury State Mental Hospital
Department of Education
Burlington
State Hospital
Marjorie Taylor
Half-Way House
Roland Champeaux
Ped
Waterbury
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Francis S. Irons
Education Department
Corbett Reedy
Irons
Shelburne plans Grecian memorial for Mrs J W Webb
A Grecian monument is rising at Shelburne Museum to honor Mrs J Watson Webb founder Electra Havemeyer Webb and her late husband The 10 room memorial will house a premier European art collection from the Webbs and artifacts from their New York apartment The Stagecoach Inn folk art collection also remains on the Shelburne grounds
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J. W. Webb
Shelburne
Shelburne, Vt
J. Watson Webb
America
Electra Havemeyer Webb
Shelburne Museum
Sterling D. Emerson
Webb
Henry O. Havemeyer
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Freeze Welding of Brain Cells Controls Tremors of Shaking Palsy
Dr Irving S Cooper reports a new method for Parkinsons disease using liquid nitrogen to freeze brain cells. The procedure, lasting minutes, can halt tremors and rigidity in about 85 percent of patients and allows some to return to work within days. It also notes potential for shrinking certain brain tumors though still experimental.
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Irving S Cooper
New York City
American Medical Association
Cooper
St Barnabas Hospital
New York University Medical Center
Williams and Witten Form New Law Firm
Attorneys John H. Williams and R. Marshall Witten announce the formation of Williams and Witten with offices in the Vermont National and Savings Bank Building. Williams is a Princeton and Columbia Law School graduate. Witten a Yale and Columbia Law School graduate. Both previously belonged to Jones Ehrich and Dollard in Bennington.
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John H. Williams
R. Marshall Witten
Wiliams and Witten
Vermont National and Savings Bank
Williams
Princeton University
Columbia Law School
Witten
Yale University
Jones, Ehrich and Dollard
Bennington
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